There is in the soul a taste for the good, just as there is in the body an appetite for enjoyment.

Be saving, but not at the cost of all liberality. Have the soul of a king and the hand of a wise economist.

The joy which is caused by truth and noble thoughts shows itself in the words by which they are expressed.

The soul paints itself in our machines.

I quit Paris unwillingly, because I must part from my friends; and I quit the country unwillingly, because I must part from myself.

Whence? wither? why? how? - these questions cover all philosophy.

In bringing up a child, think of its old age.